# Amazon Web Services Amazon Linux

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/amazon-web-services-amazon-linux
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/amazon-web-services-amazon-linux.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/amazon-web-services-amazon-linux/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://amazon.com
- **Slug:** amazon-web-services-amazon-linux
- **Categories:** cloud-infrastructure, developer-tools

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Deep, out-of-the-box integration with AWS infrastructure and services, optimized specifically for EC2 performance at no extra cost.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Amazon Linux is a series of Linux distributions provided by Amazon Web Services for use on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). It is designed to provide a stable, secure, and high-performance execution environment for applications running on AWS, featuring deep integration with AWS-specific tools and immediate access to security updates.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Amazon Linux 2023
  - Amazon Linux 2
  - Amazon Linux Container Images
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Free (included with AWS infra usage)
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Cloud developers, DevOps engineers, Enterprise IT, SaaS companies using AWS
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  - Ubuntu Server
  - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
  - AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux Project
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.